Richard Durand – No Way Home

Richard Durand

No Way Home EP

Label: Magik Musik/Ultra Records

Release Date: 27.Oktober.2009

Genre: Trance

Radio edit, extended mix ★★★★,

radical remix, Andy Duguid Remix,

Andy Duguid Instrumental, and unplugged mix.

6 tracks/320kbps/87mb

Deadmau5 @HouseofBlues

Deadmau5 at House of Blues in Downtown San Diego last night (Sunday) was so good! Wayy better than at etd.pop in May and also better than at the sfLovefest Afterparty 4 weeks ago (actually I don't think I was even there for his whole set at lovefest; think I went to the other room).

The House of Blues is such a nice venue! I would so go there again! (And they were selling tickets for the Bravery [tmr/Monday night, but I have a midterm on Tues.] and Julian Plenti only $10! But the Julian Plenti show is 21+. =[ )

The lighting system there is amazing, for this mid-size venue. Computerized, I can tell; it's so tight, like 10(??) rows of multi-colored lights. ++++deadmau5's own visuals! Great show. Just the light show in itself was great. Haha. Serious, you don't even have to be on anything to get absorbed in the light show.

They wouldn't allow in cameras and made me check mine in (fee: $3). lameeee. But I guess the security man at the door was laxer than the security woman–inside I saw guys taking pics and video on their cameras. xT Link to a pretty good video below.

I was standing in the center right, on the bar floor– 3 steps higher than general floor –so I got a decent view. Got to see the mau5 push buttons and twist knobs the whole time. Everyone cheered whenever he took his mau5head off and when he put it on. Ahah. Some kids also gave/flung kandi to/at the mau5. And he wore it and showed us. What a chill dude.

youtube HD videos: Deadmau5 - Strobe (lovely intro!)

More Ghosts N Whatever/Ghosts N Stuff

You Need a Ladder (Zelda theme)/Bass Phenomenon. @House of Blues, San Diego, nov.1.

Heard that Deadmau5 made a special guest appearance at Hard Haunted Mansion Saturday night in LA. (His name was only on the Friday line-up.) Tight.

★★★★★

Armin @ monstermassive2009

arminvanbuuren

OMG! Even though they only allowed me to play 2 hours it was #monsterMASSIVE!!! 35.000 people!! Gotta love L.A.!

about 11 hours ago from Echofon

On my way to the L.A. Sportsarena for#monstermassive! 3 hour set, one hour extra due to daylight saving time!about 16 hours ago from web

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Aaaah if he played an extra hour it would have totally made my night!!! European-style: 3hr+ long sets. Aaah oh well, guess I'll just have to wait til I go to Europe to go to those super long parties where headliner DJs spin for 4 hours straight.

Nonetheless, Monster Massive was pretty good. My first MM. Before they've always had the main stage inside the Sports Arena, but then because this year they got AvB to headline (only meine lieblingsDJ and the #1 DJ in the world!!), it would be way too packed and overheated in there, so they moved it to this parking lot outside, and as you can see from Armin's twitpic, HELLA packed. Cool set-up though, in the parking lot. 8 of these cube/boxes with projection screens, lights, fire, and speakers. Way to rock it.

Going to try to not write such a lengthy review of MM—I need to try to get some reading done before heading out to see Deadmau5 in downtown in a couple hours (! Fall quarter is so busy! events-wise). So, it was quite good. The LINE into the place was ridiculous. RIDICULOUS. I'll post pics later. The electro stage inside the sports arena might have been ok, checked out Pete Tong for a bit, didn't like his music.

John O'Callaghan: He played a lot of harder trance/really bassy songs, with a few of his own tracks sandwiched in. Think I liked his set at the Lovefest Afterparty 4 weeks ago better.

Armin: =) the more well-known tracks that I can remember that he played: Home (by PvD), Symfo (Rank1), Falling in and out of love (AvB), a couple of other vocal trance tracks that I think I sang along to, and he ended with John O'Callaghan's "Find Yourself", which John O'Callaghan himself already played in his set earlier, though I think Armin played a different remix. =\ I don't like it when the same tracks get played more than once in a night. That shouldn't happen. Well, Armin definitely planned to play Find Yourself as part of his set, but..he knew JOC was playing at MM, too, and it's his own track.. :| I dunno. At the Lovefest Afterpary 2008, ATB played a remix of Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit", then later Armin played a different remix. o__O;; Shouldn't he have backup songs planned in his set in case another DJ's already played it? Hmm..

Alright that's enough blogging for today. More photo-entries to come. :)

Monster Massive!

is today!

What am I excited for???

2HOUR sets each by

Armin van Buuren (!!!!! =D) AND John O'Callaghan!

aaah I can tell Armin's set is going to be great! What with his winning the #1 DJ in der Welt (DJ Mag) for the 3rd time!

MONSTERMASSIVE website with timeslots and more info.

So take a look at this map..

The "TOMB OF DOOM" trance stage is going to be outside.. GREAT! (not sarcastic–because it means that the place won't overheat as would in a room) But...in a parking lot.. (see corresponding satellite image provided by Google maps below)And there're only going to have port-o-potties at the end of the parking lot??! Ehh? I hope there'll be regular decent clean restrooms.

I'm not going to dress up as usual. Well, except for a blue and black top I purchased at Hot Topic in 9th grade that still isn't very special, but hopefully will show I made some sort of lazy attempt to dress up. :\ *shrugs*

Well, Happy Halloween! Hope you're doing something fun this weekend! Hard Haunted is also today, and the first night was yesterday. Deadmau5 on Sunday in downtown San Diego!

a mean-lookin' trio

That's someone ready for Halloween.

jessica chou.

Bay Bridge closed again

Traffic is stopped and backed up near the Bay Bridge toll plaza as pieces of

the cantilever section fell during the late-afternoon commute.

2nd accident in less than two weeks.

But beautiful photos, the bridge without cars.

tuesday, 27.oct.09.

photos by noah berger, lucy atkins, and michael macor; sfChronicle.

The first two photos feel like Gran Turismo, esp. like from the intro video before the main screen loads.

Bill Gates on the move

Dad: When migraine geeks
Me: Migraine?
Dad: Sorry, I mean migrating geeks.
Me: Migrating geeks?
Dad: Yeah. Goose. Plural is geeks.
Me: You mean geese.

mydadisafob.

Sandbox Astronomy

Sandbox Astronomy, from Pittsburgh, PA

Album: View From the Center of the Universe

Release Date: Sept.2009

Genre: Indie, Indie-Folk

Rating: Good.

1. Lost Languages 03:15
2. Bird in Hand 03:28
3. This is How 04:53
4. Astronaut 03:56

Download album here on their website. Choose what file format/quality you would like, and you can name your price, too, if you would like to support the artist. But there's no minimum amount so you can download for free.

RETAKE PUBLIC SPACE!

Sam3

THAT is what I want to do with my life. Or maybe at least for a year.

Fuck multicorporations, Big Pharma, Big Food, Oil, the government, etc..!

That's art worthy to be made and seen.

publicadcampaign.com

pumpkin field

   photos by a.alejandre

SOMETHING AWESOME!

Timeslots are up!

See you there! =)

WHY? @theLoft

unknown photographer & subject. reblogged onto blogger from tumblrs.

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Went to the WHY? show tonight (meaning Thursday) at the Loft on campus.

It was good, despite the absurd wait.

Originally the show was set to start at 10pm (late night show presented by Club Mercy), then I checked the Loft website to make sure, and it got set back to 10:30, doors at 10. I got there five past 10, doors didn't open until like 10:45. Got in sometime after 11. The Loft got licensed to sell alcohol now. WHY? finally got on stage at midnight. Tall people in front of me, but then I managed to squeeze through to about the 6th or 7th row. It was a good show, thought I wish it were longer/they had started earlier. Only about an hour's show. You'd think if there weren't any other bands playing, that the band would play a longer set. But oh wells. It was still fairly enjoyable, after the long wait. Fun, lots of people knew the lyrics and sang along. I'll upload pictures in a week, though with my point-and-shoot, my photos are again crappy. In a week because I have 3 midterms this coming week (MWF), along with a critical essay due on Tuesday. Took my German midterm today and got a B+. Somehow I overslept, but my friend called me after she finished the test and I got on campus when the class ended. Fortunately die Leherin war in ihrem Büro, office hours, and she let me take the midterm.

an indie-type artist's dwelling

L.h-w, cca student, current home in the mission.

Photo-lurking on fbook, living vicariously.

I would much, much rather be the real indie/artsy type going to an art school than moderately artsy and studying economics. :\

Being first-generasian has its typisches expectations.

dodge on rooftop

photos by Sarah Glidden in 2002-2003.

a clause in work contract against ..?!!

The gang rape and the Republicans

Behold, 30 U.S. senators who don't give a damn about battered women.
mark morford, sfChron, 16.oct.09

the guardian UK article

Seriously? so saddening.

and anyone who is still a Republican should suffer and suffocate in shame.

Open Your Eyes, it's drum'n'bass

Snow Patrol – Open Your Eyes (Marky & Bungle Remix)

liquid drum'n'bass

★★★★

9.57mb, VBR, 5:43 min

DJ Marky (myspace) and Bungle from Brazil

Peyo & Stunna

Artist: BCee / Peyo & Stunna

From: UK, France, Chicago, respectively
Title: Out In The Cold / Do U Remember
Label: Influenza Media
Genre: Drum & Bass—liquid
Date: Aug 2009

01. BCee - Out In The Cold ★★★

02. Peyo & Stunna - Do U Remember ★★★★

320kbps | total 11:27 mins | 26.5mb

"Do U Remember" is a really nice track, with piano/keyboard and sax-ish synths.

sidedown safeway truck

A Safeway store store big-rig overturned on the new "S" curve of the Bay Bridge blocking all but one lane in the West bound direction in Oakland, CA, on Wednesday October 14, 2009.

Photo: Michael Macor / The Chronicle

Bay Bridge reopens after crash on upper deck
Where has that guy been? A truck driver who hasn't heard of the new Bay Bridge span??
even if he's from Bakersfield. A truck driver! You'd think his employer, Safeway, would inform him of such news.

Watch this CBS video showing how horrendously backed-up the traffic got.

has got to be one of the worst places to be in America on Wednesday.

S-curve crash shows why Bay Bridge changes needed, CBS video later that evening

markus schulz in SF

Obama is staying at the St Regis which is 4 blocks from my hotel. The entire area is full of police, Helicopters and snipers on the roof!!about 6 hours ago
Hello San Francisco. Just landed and it looks like Obama is here too. I need to make sure he is on guest list in case he wants to party.about 7 hours ago

Markus Schulz @the Guvernment, 22.08.2009

Follow m.Schulz on Twitter. Official website.

to-do list

photo: m.burstein

Berkeley High indie kids at their best, senior year. assuming they completed all the tasks they listed. Please Quiet Ourselves.

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Think I'll put up some music this weekend. Ich schlafe zu spät jede Nacht.

croissants

south of france. our friends were buddies with the town baker. solid connection.

m.burstein

Lena, can you make croissants?

berkeley hillside

eli lyons, photo by m.burstein

I don't know how I've never been there before. x[

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Today I unintentionally ran 6 miles, instead of my usual 4. Ughh these big curving La Jolla/UTC streets are so disorienting. I should consult a map next time before deciding to try a new route. Also, my chances of getting hit by a car are increasing. I just need to get over my fear of getting hit by a car and not hesitate running across the crosswalk right when the light turns green.

I'm pretty tired right now, should go to bed, but I've gotten into the habit of blogging every day.

not a bumper sticker

photo by m.burstein

When I'm too tired/busy to post links and pics and write a bit about interesting stuff, I post pictures. This one is a photo taken on an iphone by this cool indie jewish kid who is currently a first-year at UCSC, which is of course where all the cool indie (or not indie) grass-happy berkeley kids go. I was in this lame "heart fitness" phys.ed class with him sophomore year.

I have like probably 20 draft entries with just links saved in the body paragraph.

new DVC website

is up and running!

I've been appointed the new webmaster. But really I just do web design/layout—make everything look pretty. The previous webmaster, Jeff Koch, is a web developer so he did all the coding, php stuff. There's also a co-webmaster, Abhinay. He's going to help upload pics and update the site. I'm currently still working on the artists page –not every one has sent me their bios yet.

So check out the site! We have an event coming up real soon on Saturday, October 24th on the UCSD campus. Free for all with a student ID or valid 18+ ID. Line-up is posted on the site.

fight on the muni

"Oct 7, 2009 10am, Chinatown San Francisco. This fight occurred on the Muni Stockton route (the 9 i think) just before the stockton tunnel. As you can see, a simple argument about seat-hogging quickly turned into a full blown brawl. It's pretty clear who threw the first punch, you can see the bus' serial number, and the exact time in the video.

By the way, this is the same bus where I was attacked 3 weeks ago, so I thought documenting the event was the most important thing I could do. This fight was NOT reported by the driver OR by the MUNI person who happened to be at the final stop (Stockton and Sutter). I'll be walking to work for a while."

—North Beach resident Jonathan Perel, recorded the vid on his iPhone and then uploaded to yt

matier&ross, sfChron

the chinese woman's friend sitting not too concernedly in the left corner of the frame said "Don't let her say stuff to you, don't let her tease you," encouragement which she quickly used, and spat out the simple insult in English to the black woman, "You are stupid!"

ughh recent immigrants and black people..

the younger asian lady who broke up the fight, so fed up with this shit..

stuff hipsters hate

ChrEmo Kids

You’ve probably bumped into this type before—in Salvation Army, browsing through old bomber jackets; in the coffee shop, meandering to find a free outlet; in the used book store, running your finger over the old yellow paperbacks’ spines. They carry around guitars and notebooks and iPhones like hipsters. They walk like hipsters. But they sure as hell don’t talk like hipsters. They are the “cool” followers of Christ, and they’ve basically succeeded in sapping all the fun out of hipsterdom.

It doesn’t take long to out one of these strange pseudo-scenesters. For a minute, he seems cool. Then you notice his overall enthusiasm, his joie de vivre. Your bullshit detector starts letting out its feeble beep. He giggles and tells wholesome stories about that time they all went camping and the girls stole everyone’s towels. Then one of two things will happen. Either he’ll begin witnessing, a broad swath attempt at evangelism that breeds nothing but awkwardness. Or he’ll seduce you with his refreshing cheer and impeccable manners and even agree to come home with you, suddenly sitting upright on the couch mid-make-out to whisper, “There’s something I have to tell you…I’m a virgin.”

How can one call oneself a hipster if one does not drink to the point of blacking out? Or smoke pot regularly? Or say “fuck” a lot? What self-respecting scenester would be caught dead saying grace before a meal or taking a moment to pray with the band before getting onstage? And in the name of all things holy, how are these people surviving without sex?! The junk-showcasing skinny jeans, the sculpted hair, the sullen glances at attractive specimens from the other side of the bus—all for naught. Why they even get out of bed in the morning is beyond me. Because there sure as hell ain’t anyone warm and mussed and smelling of tobacco on the other side of it.

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This is now my second favorite site after "Stuff White People Like".

Shit is great.

or maybe first-favorite site, since I've spent 2 hours reading it last night instead of my Intro to Environmental Economics textbook.

men wearing hosiery

We received an e-mail at the factory from Eugene Wong in the UK telling us how much he loved our hosiery. Which had us a bit confused at first but after a quick Google search, we learned that this is a growing trend among men. As strange as it may seem, I'm sure most people would be on the "no" side of the fence. But Eugene looks pretty dandy in his color- coordinated tights. —American Apparel fbook page

Stephen C. Banks

I probably could work some classic mens hosiery. 1500's here I come. XD

vor 2 Stunden

lol I'm not sure what I think about this trend. Looks alright on this Eugene. I guess some indie/hipster-ish skinny guys or fashionable businessmen could pull this off. I've only seen it worn by one of my previous track coaches. But then it wasn't really hosiery. Just spandex under shorts. Hmm..

American Apparel flea market on campus today! That's something to wake up early for, haha. omgosh..if they have t-shirts on sale (they will), I'm going to be so tempted. But I already have too many t-shirts. ahhhk

hi friend

sick cuff.

photo by Rachel L-W

Strength, DEELAY CEELAY, and STARFUCKER @theLOFT

Went to my first show this quarter at the Loft. Great show.

Strength, from Portland, Oregon

They were good. I out-of-habitly felt a dislike toward them (opening bands), but then, yeah, they were pretty good. Fun. Prejudice gone.

Genre: nu-disco/indie-dance.

Next band: DEELAY CEELAY. also from Portland. myspace.

Excellent! ★★★★★

If you like: air (french duo), boards of canada, kyte, postal service, liquid drum'n'bass, trance, idm.

Two guys, both on the drums. The rest of the sounds they recorded beforehand, I believe. I was on the front right (yes good thing I brought my earplugs) next to this guy video-recording who happened to be one of the band members' brother. He told me "Deelay Ceelay" came from their names: Delanay, and Chris Lael. Sorry not so great pictures.

They had their own visuals playing, too. So win. One of the guys is a visual artist, the other a percussionist. Makes for a spell-binding show. They had strobe lights set-up under their drum sets, and then the psychedelic visuals. Watch video of a live show in Seattle.

Download their album (4 tracks) for free on their website or just click here.

Finally, Starfucker. Ok, looks like they're all from Portland.

Genre: indie-electro, synth-pop

I seriously didn't know that they were quite well-known (relatively/indie scene-wise). The Loft was pretty packed, definitely more than what I expected. I got their album "Jupiter" a few months ago, liked it, and so when I saw they were coming to the Loft, made a note on my calendar to go. Didn't look them up or anything. Well, they played a few songs that weren't on Jupiter and that a lot of kids knew, so I figured that wasn't their debut album. They played a good show. But it was a little annoying that they kept pausing to change monitor volumes, pick up a dropped drumstick, change mic volumes. Still alright. They ended with "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun".

Oh, and they're changing their name. You can e-mail them suggestions. There's a band from Belgium of the same name. Guy in crowd: "Planetfucker!" Maybe not..

chameleon

Watch this vid.

Those things are crazzzy.

best text i've received so far

"USC is spanking Cal like it was a naughty asian girl!"

ohhhhemgee.

Final score USC 30- 3 Cal

Lovefest was fun. Good weekend. So tired right now.

I met Fei-Fei onstage!

I blogged every day in September. That might not happen for Oktober. Ich muss viele dinge für Klassen machen und lesen und studieren. Und ich muss der DJ club's website revampen. Computer science ist nicht meine Hauptfach.

sfLOVEFEST 2009

The Official Lovevolution Afterparty presented by Skills and Spundae:

Tickets: $87, VIP $127
Genres: House, Trance, Electro, Progressive.
Venue: Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
8PM - 4AM

set times here.

Full list of loveweek events and parade floats: http://www.sfedm.com/

Akira Kayosa :: Synthetica 023

Akira Kayosa :: Synthetica 023 (25.08.2009)

trance–uplifiting, euphoric

60 mins, 192kpbs, 83mb intrance

★★★★.5

01. Airbase-Escape (Original Mix)
02. Cold Blue - Mount Everest [Anjunabeats] Killer track. Listen to loud on headphones. It's a mind orgasm.
03. 3rd Moon - Monsun [ASOT]
04. Redstar - Long Way Home (Fast Distance 2009 Remix) [Red Force]
05. ID - ID
06. System F - Out Of The Blue (Akira Kayosa Remake)
07. Paul Miller pres. Motion Blur - Liquidity (Suncatcher Remix) [Nu-Depth]
08. Ferry Tale & Static Blue - L'acrobat [Enhanced]
09. Luminary - Amsterdam (Super8 & Tab Remix) [Anjunabeats]
10. John O'Callaghan Feat Lo-Fi Sugar - Never Fade Away (Giuseppe Ottaviani Remix) [Armada]
11. Akira Kayosa - Everything Ends [Nu-Depth]

Great mix. Classics with new tunes.

CCP's 60th Anniversary

From the displays of advanced weaponry to the celebration posters highlighting Shanghai's forest of skyscrapers, the unmistakable message of the celebration was that Mao was right and that the Communist Party is carrying all China to prosperity and worldwide respect.

“There is no ideology in China anymore,” Zhang Ming, a professor of political science at Renmin University in Beijing, said in an interview on Wednesday. “The government has no ideology. The people have no ideology. The reason the government is in power is because they can say: ‘I can make your lives better every day. I can give you stability. And I have the power.’ As long as they make people’s lives better, it’s O.K. But what happens on the day when they no longer can?”

On Day for China Pride, Little Interest in Ideology | NYtimes